Chapter 407 Derivatives (2)

Baisha had just seen off Zhang Wei and his party, and before he had rested for two hours, people from another department also came to the door.

The visitor was none other than Jagufu, the deputy general manager of Ceylon Ocean Transportation Group.

After reading the introduction of the Dandelion Airship, Jagufu showed a very interested look on his face:

"This new type of airship you are studying is good. I am very optimistic about its transportation potential, especially it will help us expand the African market and consolidate island logistics transportation in the Pacific."

The Western Pacific Branch was recently established. Many of its locations are small islands, and the distance between them is relatively far. It cannot build underground railways like the Nanyang Islands.

Now we can only rely on planes and ships.

But the transport capacity of aircraft is too small, and the speed of ships is relatively slow, which is not conducive to companies developing these islands.

According to the data provided by Baisha, Jaguru believes that vacuum airships have great potential. Although his Ceylon Ocean Transportation Group is mainly responsible for shipping in the Ceylon Ocean, it is also their responsibility to develop the African market.

The coastal areas of Africa are not bad, and the ports of some small countries are patchy and barely usable.

But in the interior of Africa, it is almost a wilderness. Not to mention railways, there are only a few roads, and the airport facilities are very rudimentary.

This is obviously not conducive to the "investment" and "development" of Homo sapiens companies.

If a batch of transport airships can be built, the Homo sapiens company will soon be able to deepen its influence on the interior of Africa with cheap industrial products and food.

"Team Leader Bai, what kind of supporting equipment are required for your airship lifting and docking requirements?"

"Because we use vacuuming to provide buoyancy, buoyancy control is very simple. The landing site only needs flat ground. Even if there is no cement-hardened site, you can land safely."

Jagufu was even more satisfied after hearing this.

Compared with hydrogen airships, which have hidden safety risks, or helium airships, which require the use of rare gases, vacuum airships are very good in all aspects.

As for the fear of fire, the airship can be wrapped with a layer of flame-retardant material, or directly installed with aerogel-type protective armor.

Jaguf made a rough estimate in his mind.

A transport airship with a payload of 2,000 tons, a dead weight of 580 tons, and a total weight of 2,580 tons.

The approximate specifications are 700 meters in length, 80 meters in height, 60 meters in width, a vacuum volume of 2.4 million cubic meters, and a total buoyancy of about 3,160 tons.

Its flight altitude is below 5,000 meters, its daily navigation altitude is 1,000 meters, its ultimate speed is 200 kilometers per hour, and its operating speed is 150 kilometers per hour.

He told Baisha his thoughts.

Baisha reminded: "Manager Jagufu, why don't you use a larger configuration?"

"A larger configuration?"

Baisha immediately proposed an enhanced version of the transport airship, with a length of 1,500 meters, a total vacuum volume of 14.4 million cubic meters, and a total buoyancy of 18,576 tons at sea level. After subtracting the dead weight of the aircraft body of 3,000 tons, there is still 15,000 tons of buoyancy.

After hearing this plan, Jaguru did not make a decision immediately, but asked:

"How much is the approximate cost?"

"Because the transport airship requires a special engine and power system, the cost is about 4 million."

"Four million? The price is not bad." Although Jagufu thought it was a bit expensive, the airship's transportation capacity was also relatively suitable.

After all, building a transport ship with a deadweight of 15,000 tons also costs 6 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to 3 million gold dollars.

The speed of transport airships is about 10 times faster than ordinary transport ships.

However, considering the conditions across Africa, Jagov felt it was necessary to install protective armor, cruise missiles and cannons on the transport airships.

Otherwise, a batch of transport airships must be specially modified.

His thoughts have not yet been spoken.

People from the External Security Division also arrived.

Baisha was a little helpless, feeling that today was really lively.

The people from the External Security Division are the heads of the Equipment Department and the Space Department.

Obviously, people in the external security division are also very concerned about various new technologies within the company.

As soon as they heard the news about the vacuum airship some time ago, they organized an internal seminar to discuss whether the airship could be used in the security field.

Although over the last century, airships have proven unsuitable for air combat.

However, this time and that time.

At that time, airships were eliminated by aircraft and missiles. It was because of technical and material problems.

In internal seminars, the Air Force Department and the Equipment Department re-evaluated the war potential of airships under current technical conditions, and then they found that the military value of airships is considerable.

Especially for vacuum airships, their huge payload in the troposphere and their huge size are all things that can be exploited.

Based on the simulation design of the External Security Division.

They plan to design an aerospace carrier with a total payload weight of about 30,000 tons, which can carry Seahawk fighter jets, large drones, and the recently developed gamma ray cannon.

As for the problem of the space carrier being large and easily detected by radar.

After discussion, the External Security Division felt that this issue was not a problem.

The reason for this conclusion is magnetic field radar and gamma ray cannon.

It means that you can't be invisible.

It doesn't matter, as long as the space carrier can detect enemy aircraft and missiles in advance, it can use gamma ray cannons to clear out approaching targets.

What is a stealth airship?

As long as the enemy's attack methods are neutralized, the space carrier will become a stealth airship.

Moreover, according to the assessment of the External Security Division, there is a high probability that the space carrier will not directly compete with the great powers in the short term, and its target may be those second- and third-rate forces.

In this case, there is no need to worry.

Bullying those little shrimps is not just about punching a kid.

Therefore, the External Security Division directly approved the aerospace carrier project and planned to build five ships in the first batch to verify the idea.

When Bai Sha heard the Equipment Department's thoughts, he said with some embarrassment:

"The production capacity of our factory is not enough. We also need to produce communication airships and transportation airships."

Of course the person in charge of the Equipment Department knew the production capacity of this factory, and he directly stated his plan:

"It doesn't matter. You share the technology with us and then send a few engineers to assist. The External Security Division has its own airship factory."

"That's no problem." Baisha breathed a sigh of relief.

However, since Baisha didn't know the existence of the gamma ray cannon, he reminded with some worry: "Is the space carrier too conspicuous? There is no way for this thing to be invisible!"

"Don't worry! The External Security Division has its own solution."

Hearing that the External Security Division had a solution, Bai Sha nodded, but did not continue to ask about the specific content. He still knew what to do with this kind of military-related project.

After agreeing on a technical handover time with the person in charge of the Equipment Department and determining the contact plan at that time, the other party left in a hurry.

But the people from Ceylon Ocean Transportation Group are still here.

After all, the External Security Division has its own airship factory, so the design details must be handled by itself, and there is no need to stop here.

However, Jagufu needed to discuss the design details with Baisha and put forward some requirements to avoid running around.

Since the External Security Division has decided to develop an aerospace carrier, there is no need for civilian transport airships to be equipped with heavy armor. Jaguv only retained a micro-drone launcher and 6 defensive cannons.

Then he signed a cooperation agreement with Madagascar Space City on behalf of Ceylon Ocean Group, planning to produce 100 18,000-ton transport airships in the next three years.

Just a sub-project of the Dandelion project has brought a lot of new technologies. This is the derivative effect of large-scale projects.

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